Windows 10 build 14986 comes with a new OneDrive flyout notification which looks stylish and fits the modern appearance of the operating system. By default, it is not enabled for some users. If you are running the recently released Windows 10 build 14986, you can activate it with a simple Registry tweak.
Add Extract Context Menu Command to MSI Files
When you have an MSI package, you might be interested in extracting its contents without installing the app. This can be quickly done without using third party tools. Windows already comes with everything required for the operation. In this article, we will see how to add a useful command "Extract" to the MSI file's context menu.
Cortana for Android may allow users to customize the UI in the future
With the recent release of Cortana for Android 2.0, Microsoft has introduced a big redesign for its assistant on Google's mobile OS. It's now following some of the Material Design guidelines and looks more 'flat' while still offering the same rich set of features to users. And now there's a hint on what to expect from future updates in the app itself: if you tap the Cortana logo, there's a new screen which says clearly — "Coming soon: Personalize your Cortana".
Killer Instinct: Definitive Edition is now available for Windows 10 PCs
Killer Instinct was one of the first games available on Xbox One at launch back in 2013 and was later ported to Windows 10 PCs. Even if it wasn't part of the Xbox Play Anywhere program, the game became popular enough to get the "Definitive Edition" treatment in September. And now, this bundle packed with bonuses and additional content is finally available on Windows 10.
Open Printer Queue in Windows 10
Due to constant changes to the user interface in Windows 10, many novice users are having trouble finding the things they used to. If you came to Windows 10 directly from Windows XP or Windows 7, you can quickly get confused by the Settings app, which now serves as the Control Panel replacement. It is now the new way to manage the printer queue in Windows 10.
Download A tweak to add Extract context menu command to MSI files
A tweak to add Extract context menu command to MSI files.
Use the provided Registry tweak to add the "Extract" context menu command to MSI files
3 more games are now available for Xbox One via backward compatibility
The Xbox Backward Compatibility was a long awaited feature for Xbox One owners since the console's launch. It has became a huge success with a still growing list of available games. This time Microsoft has added 3 Xbox 360 games at once: now you can enjoy playing "Shadowrun", "Space Ark", and "Shotest Shogi" once again. With the latest additions (and the ones that have been added on December 4 — "Garou: Mark of the Wolves", "Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project" and "Sonic the Fighters'), the Backward Compatibility list now contains 301 games.
Windows 10 build 14986 improves DPI scaling for classic apps
When Microsoft started rolling out Windows 10 build 14986 for Windows Insiders on the Fast Ring, almost instantly some of the program members noticed a difference in how the OS renders some of the classic applications on high DPI screens, including Surface tablets. This change wasn't mentioned in the original blog post for the release, but a few days later the company has updated it with details about what's changed in DPI scaling.
How to create small sized PNGs with GIMP
GIMP is a popular open source freeware image editor. It is available for all major Desktop platforms including Windows and Linux. If you are using GIMP to edit and save your PNG images, you might find it useful to optimize them before saving them so that the final size becomes really small.
uBlock Origin is now available for Microsoft Edge
Since the launch of Windows 10 Anniversary Update with support for extensions in Microsoft Edge, there hasn't been many of them released in the Windows Store. One of the reasons for that is that Microsoft isn't allowing individual developers to publish them, only partnering with the ones they find interesting. From the start, there were already two ad blocking extensions — AdBlock and AdBlock Plus, and now there's finally a third option available: uBlock Origin has made its way to the Windows Store.
